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Ooh, nice. Coming in hot with the ethnic slur against Ukrainians, and then continuing on with some delightfully obnoxious pedantry.You should stop while youāre behind.It is a different word, and I misread it; as was pointed out, itās a Russian cultural anecdote/idiom that non Russians would not necessarily understand. My apologies for starting a kerfluffle with my misunderstanding.
You shouldnāt write anything on subjects requiring knowledge of Russian without that knowledge.
ŠŠ¾Š»Ń Š¾Š·Š½ŠøŠŗ means, naturally, someone living and working in ŠŗŠ¾Š»Ń Š¾Š· .
And āŠ»ŠµŠŗŃŠøŃ Š“Š»Ń ŠŗŠ¾Š»Ń Š¾Š·Š½ŠøŠŗŠ¾Š²ā is a reference to a well-known (in ex-USSR) anecdote.
And you are an idiot.
So I was going to apologize for my misinterpretation and express some appreciation for giving me some new knowledge, but then that last sentence happened.
Sorry for insulting you.
But how else do you call a person who finds an ethnic slur in a word they donāt understand? Iād understand if Iād say anything about Ukrainians at all.
If I do something like that (happens regularly) I admit that Iām an idiot. Iām actually glad to discharge some of the frustration through that.
Well, if you liked the clarification part, the anecdote itself is:
"Thatās a skull of Alexander when he was 5, thatās when he was 25, thatās when he was dead. Any questions?
How can one person have 3 skulls?
And youāre what?
A dachnik (that is, a person with a garden and now usually, then maybe a house without utilities in the countryside, living in the city).
Then go to hell, the lecture is for kolkhozniks."
The anecdote refers to the expected intelligence level of typical Soviet brochures, like of an enthusiast worker who offered to reduce the acceptable percentage of discarded product to ānoneā instead of some percent and similar.
And, well, maybe to how Soviet officials viewed their population.
For what itās worth, I do actually appreciate the anthropological background. And yes, I was being rather foolish in my initial comment.